Hi everyone!
I had surgery yesterday (Friday) for a removal of my Fallopian tubes. They had gauze and a bandage over my belly button incision, but the others were free to air dry. She said they had a harder time getting into the belly button as it’s been cut open 3 other times. I’ve had a few surgeries in the past cutting into my abdominal muscles. I have 5 incisions right now and 2 tiny dots. The belly button is the most painful and I can’t really feel anything where the tubes were removed.
So this morning when it hit 24 hours post op I was to remove the bandage and gauze. Well the gauze is stuck to my belly button in the glue I believe. When I got some up it started to bleed so I left it alone. I called and spoke to the on call doctor twice, she said try to hang on until Monday so I don’t have to come to the ER. She gave me suggestions like a warm shower, warm wash cloth to try and help get the gauze free. None of those have worked.
Has anyone ever had the gauze stuck in the incision? For as many surgeries as I have had it’s never happened to me before. If you have gotten it stuck before how did you manage to unstick it? I am just worried that now part of it is open and bleeding...while the rest is covered. I don’t want an infection so I cleaned it and out a bandaid on top so it can stay protected overnight.
Any advice would be great. Thanks
PS-if this doesn’t make a lot of sense I’m sorry. I’m still using my post op pain meds which make it hard to focus while typing.